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RosieA
My company has 12 plants and each plant has it's own methods for evaluating supplier quality. I'm attempting to address that now, and get us using common metrics, but I am finding dramatic differences in how we determine what a reject is. We're all in the same market: industrial (vs. a regulated marketplace)
Plants A, B, and C are not doing routine receiving inspection, but have determined supplier quality based on in-process problems, attributable to the supplier. The ppm rate for these plants runs from 4500-9000.
Plants D, E and F are doing receiving inspection and their ppm rates range from 30,000-60,000ppm.
These are some pretty dramatic differences.
Plants who do receiving inspection reject for a number of non-product related problems, such as a missing cert or paperwork error.
I'd be interested in knowing how other companies have defined what a supplier reject is, and whether it includes administrative issues that do not affect the useability of the product supplied.
Note: I am not advocating one method over another, simply trying to understand how best to reflect a common picture from plant to plant.
Thanks
Plants A, B, and C are not doing routine receiving inspection, but have determined supplier quality based on in-process problems, attributable to the supplier. The ppm rate for these plants runs from 4500-9000.
Plants D, E and F are doing receiving inspection and their ppm rates range from 30,000-60,000ppm.
These are some pretty dramatic differences.
Plants who do receiving inspection reject for a number of non-product related problems, such as a missing cert or paperwork error.
I'd be interested in knowing how other companies have defined what a supplier reject is, and whether it includes administrative issues that do not affect the useability of the product supplied.
Note: I am not advocating one method over another, simply trying to understand how best to reflect a common picture from plant to plant.
Thanks